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Saturday, November 10, 2012

In School this Week...

Monday: We started school and then I realized that it is the first Monday of the month and we were supposed to have the day off. Oh well, if I need it next Monday we'll take it then, but there's holidays coming up so maybe we'll just wait. Kaomi decided to have a mental block about reading the words she was was going to be writing today. Then all of a sudden she remembered how to read. Katy goofed off instead of working on her first lesson and got herself into trouble with the teacher. Kent finished all his work before lunch. Felicity played with her preschool box and Kaomi got to join her for a little while, before she needed to do math. We learned about being polite in health, as well.

Tuesday: We talked about the importance of voting and that a person who is going to vote needs to vote for the candidate that they think will do the best job leading our country. The voters need to be informed about what the candidate says they want to do and aligning what they say up with what God says. Then I went to vote for a new president. We talked more about trees and then about the life cycle of a monarch for science. Kent and Katy have been doing a good job practicing the piano this week. I need to make time to give each of them a new lesson. Kaomi worked on math, reading and we read more about The Adventures of Grandfather Frog. Katy didn't finish her work again. She does this when she thinks it doesn't matter and she'd just rather not do it right now. She will have to finish it tomorrow.

Wednesday: We volunteered restocking the classroom supplies at church and then Kent, Katy, and Kaomi were able to redeem their first BOOK-IT coupons of the season for a personal pan pizza at pizza hut. We brought our pizza home and after lunch Kent worked on English and math and KAty worked on English and made sure she had completed everything from Tuesday.

Thursday: We read about William Carey for Bible and how he was a determined boy and how he grew up to be a determined man spending 41 years as a missionary in India. Everyone worked well on their school work. Kaomi did a great job practicing writing letter J and j. She even got a star on her paper, which gave her a big smile. I forgot that we were supposed to do art, but I'm not sure how well that would have gone considering Clark was into everything anytime he wasn't in bed.

Friday: In science we learned about how animals in the woods are camoflaged and how maple trees spread their seeds. Kaomi worked on handwriting a sentence that she could read and for math we worked on making groups of 10 with beads. While we were working on that Felicity was attempting to string some beads, but after getting a couple on she would inevitably turn her string upside down and dump them off on the table and floor. She got frustrated with that and decided it wasn't as fun as she thought it would be. Kent and Katy both worked on reading their fantasy books with me today. Clark got to spend some time in the pack and play in the living room with a couple toys from his toddler box. He wasn't very happy about it at first, but decided playing was more fun than crying. I also read him a board book about Jesus, so he got to have that book to look at as well. Katy decided that she should finish her school today, so she was working on it after 4 pm. This was before I checked with her about whether she had completed everything or not.